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Remote Sensing and Incident Support
Department of Homeland Security
February 22, 2013
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Introductions and Goals
• The goal of today’s meeting is to familiarize participants with the principles of remote sensing.
• Solicit thoughts and recommendations from participants on ways to expand the use of remote sensing for incident response.
• Provide participants with information where Federal partners publish remote sensing data during emergency incidents.
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Today’s Webcast will be Presented by:
Chris Barnard – DHS Remote Sensing Advisor
Chris Vaughan – FEMA Geospatial Information Officer
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Agenda
• Remote Sensing 101
• The efficacy of remote sensing to support incident response
• DHS remote sensing landscape
• Remote sensing and the Inter-agency GeoCONOPS
• DHS current approaches to remote sensing
• DHS S&T contributions – Remote Sensing Users Study
• Remote Sensing Resources
• Questions and discussion
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Value of Remote Sensing
• Provides synoptic view of the affected area
• Provides the ability to make accurate measurements and estimates over a large area
• Data can be collected when access is blocked by water or debris
• Provides a detailed record of conditions
• Can be easily combined with other data layers in the GIS environment
• Is comparatively easy to share (and getting easier)
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Remote Sensing 101
• Remote sensing is a growing and dynamic area encompassing a growing number of sources.
• Remote sensing information can include imagery, elevation information (lidar or IFSAR), video, thermal or other types of sensors
• Remote sensing can also include imagery collected by individuals, stationary cameras, vehicles and drones.
• Imagery must be processed to accurately reference a location on the earth’s surface (georeferencing) to be usable in GIS systems.
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Remote Sensing Basics
• In order for the imagery/data to be geographically accurate, you need the following:
– One or more known points on the ground (by surveys)
– Accurate location of the camera at the instant of exposure
– Attitude and orientation of the camera at the instant of exposure
– Accurate measurement of the terrain in the area of the photograph
• Given these inputs, a raw image can be processed to accurately portray locations on the ground
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Orthophotography
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Aerial Oblique Imagery
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Nogales, Arizona Calexico, California
Oblique Imagery for Law Enforcement
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2008 Presidential Inauguration
Commercial Satellite
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Aircraft -Vertical
Hurricane Ike September, 2009
Surdex Corp. Bing Maps.
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False Color Infrared and Natural Color
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Multispectral imagery
50 cm Airborne Orthophoto – Color IR
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HHT 150 MURPHY OIL REFINERY, MAREUX, LA
GEO: 29˚56’20”N / 89˚56’15”W MGRS: 16RCU5702257737
IMAGE ID: 2005-09-08_18-51-32_HSI_CAL0_0
TOT: 1351 Local DATE: 20-SEP-05 SENSOR TYPE: SPECTRAL
Analyst Name: Belinda McKinney, NASIC
N Hydrocarbons within Bermed area
Hyperspectral
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Video and Radar
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Lidar
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Synthetic Aperture Radar
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More Things that you will Need
• Define the Area(s) of Interest – these can be points or areas.
• How much detail do you need to see?
• How accurate does the map need to be?
• How quickly do you need the information?
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• Do you want to see just the picture or do you want someone to extract information from the photo?
• Do you need to share the imagery with anyone else?
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DHS Remote Sensing Landscape
• DHS has capabilities for remote sensing which are mission-focused.
• DHS has 22 components with emergency and non-emergency imagery requirements.
• FEMA is designated as the lead federal agency during Stafford Act declarations.
• Several DHS missions have airborne capabilities
• DHS is primarily a consumer of imagery/products
• The issues and barriers that exist with the effective use of remote sensing are a result of the maturity of the geospatial community rather than technology gaps.
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DHS Remote Sensing Landscape
Some Major Issues
• Effective Use of Social Media and Crowd Sourcing
• Leveraging the Mobile Environment
• Effective Sharing of Mission Information
• Dealing Effectively with Public and Restricted Information
• Making it Easy to Search for and Incorporate External Information
• Filtering the Noise During a Major Incident
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Remote Sensing and FEMA
• Effective Coordination and Information Sharing:
– First Responders
– State Emergency Operations Centers
– FEMA Joint Field Offices
– FEMA Regional Offices
– FEMA Deployed Support Personnel
• Use of predictive models to direct resources and prioritize response and recovery missions.
• Leverage of interagency partner information
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Perspective from Superstorm Sandy
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Geospatial Concepts of Operations (GeoCONOPS)
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• Improve coordination and de-conflict mission overlap
• Refine SOPs and clarify operational needs
• Go beyond product and map production toward dynamic data feeds, more real-time situational awareness, and reliable impact assessments
• Fill data gaps and improve information sharing
• Stimulate innovation and operational excellence through common understanding and awareness
GEOCONOPS as a instrument to….
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GeoConOps Validation – National Level Exercise
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Remote Sensing and the GeoCONOPS
• Develop SOPs for Product Types and Delivery Schedules to Support Different Types of Incidents
• Assist the Community to Define Standard Imagery Products for Different Incident Types.
• Assist the Community to Develop Best Practices to Share Information.
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Component Requirements Matrix
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DHS Approach to Remote Sensing
• Leverage interagency licenses for commercial satellite information
• Invoke the International Charter when applicable
• Utilize commercial content providers including Microsoft, Google and Esri.
• Enterprise professional services contracts for specialized airborne collections.
• Coordinate with local government agencies to identify current, high resolution imagery for pre-event planning.
• Coordinate with federal partners to obtain post-event imagery.
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DHS S&T Support – Real-Time Access
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Real Time tracking and Flight Planning
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State and Local Expectations for Remote Sensing
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DHS Science and Technology Directorate sponsored
a survey in 2010. A total of 475 counties responded
which represents 14.7% of counties nationwide
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Remote Sensing is Important
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Select the three types of baseline data (pre-event) that you feel have the HIGHEST priority to have high quality data for in the response and/or recovery phases following a disaster:
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1 & 2 23.5 0.0 35.3 11.8 76.5 11.8 0.0 0.0 11.8 11.8 17.6 35.3 58.8 17
3 17.6 17.6 26.5 23.5 58.8 17.6 0.0 26.5 17.6 14.7 11.8 29.4 38.2 34
4 15.7 18.3 44.3 27.0 73.0 7.8 1.7 18.3 13.9 20.9 7.0 13.0 38.3 115
5 18.5 18.5 36.1 26.1 64.7 10.1 1.7 22.7 17.6 11.8 7.6 23.5 40.3 119
6 13.7 21.9 45.2 27.4 71.2 2.7 4.1 21.9 16.4 17.8 1.4 11.0 45.2 73
7 17.5 12.5 40.0 30.0 67.5 5.0 0.0 10.0 22.5 17.5 17.5 12.5 47.5 40
8 14.8 37.0 33.3 29.6 66.7 3.7 11.1 14.8 22.2 7.4 0.0 29.6 25.9 27
9 6.3 12.5 12.5 18.8 75.0 18.8 6.3 12.5 12.5 18.8 25.0 37.5 37.5 16
10 8.0 24.0 36.0 20.0 72.0 8.0 0.0 16.0 16.0 12.0 8.0 48.0 32.0 25
All Counties 15.9 18.9 38.2 25.8 68.9 8.4 2.4 18.7 16.7 15.7 8.2 21.0 40.3 466
All States 4.1 18.4 20.4 20.4 73.5 4.1 0.0 32.7 6.1 22.4 16.3 38.8 44.9 50
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Time-of-Delivery is Crucial
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Likelihood of Use
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In the next Federally Declared disaster, does your [county / agency] expect the Federal Government (e.g., DHS/FEMA, NASA, NOAA) to collect airborne or satellite imagery to assist in the response and recovery process… (check all that apply)
RESPONSE (percent)
FEMA Region
…regardless of whether requested
…only if requested
…with no cost
…with shared cost
…no expectation N
1 & 2 40.0 20.0 53.3 6.7 46.7 15
3 18.2 15.2 39.4 0.0 54.5 33
4 20.0 20.9 50.0 3.6 42.7 110
5 16.4 21.8 44.5 2.7 53.6 110
6 16.4 25.4 53.7 4.5 43.3 67
7 10.3 38.5 33.3 7.7 61.5 39
8 8.0 32.0 28.0 16.0 48.0 25
9 26.7 26.7 60.0 0.0 33.3 15
10 12.0 24.0 48.0 12.0 52.0 25
All Counties 17.3 23.9 46.0 4.8 48.7 439
All states 30.0 46.0 54.0 22.0 22.0 50
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How Counties Acquire Incident Data
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Is your [county / agency] using any of the following methods for acquiring spatial data during the response / recovery phases of a hazard event? (check all that apply)
RESPONSE (percent)
FEMA region
Mobile GIS data
collection
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1 & 2 26.7 26.7 40.0 0.0 53.3 13.3 53.3 13.3 86.7 0.0 15
3 34.8 0.0 17.4 4.3 39.1 8.7 43.5 30.4 95.7 0.0 23
4 46.9 14.6 36.5 14.6 34.4 17.7 58.3 31.3 82.3 7.3 96
5 37.6 8.6 39.8 6.5 45.2 6.5 38.7 23.7 83.9 4.3 93
6 22.1 10.3 50.0 5.9 42.6 17.6 42.6 20.6 69.1 4.4 68
7 45.9 10.8 48.6 5.4 35.1 16.2 35.1 27.0 75.7 0.0 37
8 45.0 10.0 45.0 5.0 70.0 5.0 35.0 30.0 75.0 5.0 20
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10 31.6 10.5 47.4 5.3 63.2 15.8 36.8 21.1 89.5 0.0 19
All Counties 37.1 10.9 41.3 8.3 43.1 13.5 45.5 26.0 80.8 4.7 385
All states 38.0 18.0 42.0 12.0 86.0 38.0 74.0 68.0 90.0 8.0 50
Regions with fewer than 15 counties responding have been removed.
*Other responses - county: GIS (3); Virtual Alabama; On site imagery from Blackberry; International Charter; USGS HDDS; Blueprints / as built
* Other responses – state: none given
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Remote Sensing Resources - USGS
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Remote Sensing Resources - DHS
• Provides Access to DHs Mission Imagery via OGC Compliant Web Services.
• The Capability is NOT Designed to Replace Existing Dissemination Platforms or Portals.
• The DHS GII is a Restricted Site and Requires an HSIN Account for Access
https://gii.dhs.gov/OneView/
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Remote Sensing Resources - FEMA
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http://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html
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Remote Sensing Resources - NSGIC
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http://gisinventory.net/
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Thank you for Your Time Today
Questions and Discussion
Chris Barnard – [email protected]
Chris Vaughan – [email protected]
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